BALANCING ACT

We should all be aim­ing for a well-bal­anced diet, and carbohydrates can be a healthy and es­sen­tial part of that. Try not to think of foods as sim­ply bad or good – many foods are a com­bi­na­tion of both, rather than sim­ply one or the other. Break­fast ce­real, for ex­am­ple, can be quite high in ‘bad’ sugar but may also con­tain plenty of ‘good’ nu­tri­ents, such as vi­ta­mins and fi­bre.